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leaves than the common European species, that change into 

 various shades of purple, rose, and yellow. 



Hamamelis virginica. — Although surpassed in the beauty of 

 its flowers by the Japanese species, should be retained in gardens 

 on account of the very pure light tawny yellow of its autumn 

 leaves, In the Japanese species the leaves die off a glossy 

 orange-yellow, quite uniform. 



Kolreuteria paniculata. — This old favourite, handsome at all 

 times when in foliage, is particularly so in autumn. Its long 

 midribs are bright orange ; the leaflets are strongly tinged with 

 orange and shaded with brown (fig. 11). 



Leucothoe Catesbczi. — The Andromeda Cateshcsi of gardens. 

 The long acuminate leaves of this pretty flowering shrub change 

 to a deep bronzy purple. 



L. recurva. — A native of the Alleghany Mountains. A dwarfer 

 plant than the better known L. racemosa, and worth cultivating 

 for its autumn leaves, which, in sunshine, are a fine scarlet sub- 

 siding into claret -purple. 



Liquidambar Styraciflua. — A medium-sized North American 

 tree, 30 to 40 feet high. No foliage surpasses this in the depth 

 and richness of its autumn colour, which is a deep sanguineous 

 purple with here and there blotches of red (fig. 12). 



Liriodendron Tulipifera. — One of the largest and noblest 

 trees of the American forest. Its autumn tints are very pleasing 

 — orange-brown, sometimes russet-brown mottled with yellow. 



Oxydendron arboreum. — The tree Andromeda, as it is 

 called, but properly the monotypic genus Oxydendron. The 

 leaves resemble those of a Peach-tree, and change to glowing 

 red. 



Parrotia persica. — One of the handsomest of shrubs for its 

 autumnal foliage ; the leaves change from bright green to 

 orange, golden yellow, and scarlet. It is a native of the Russian 

 Transcaucasian provinces, and belongs to the family of the 

 Witch-Hazels (Hamameliads). 



Pavia flava, figured and described by Professor Sargent as 

 Msculus octandra. — An American species of Horse-chestnut, 

 attaining a considerable size in some parts of the United States. 

 The leaves die off a very pure light orange. 



Primus pumila. — A low shrub, 3 to 4 feet high, with white 

 flowers and small blackish fruit, a native of the northern United 



